Hello, record business? Big profits are on the line. Will you take the call? The response: Brrrrring it on! Contradicting its paranoid and paralytic response to the initial boom in download technology, the music industry is gleefully embracing the ringtone revolution, now powering into its second phase as richer mastertones supplant squeaky polyphonics.

It's a cellphone fashion trend: Marketers are offering mobile phones with sleeker designs and in more colors, such as blue and pink, and accessories ranging from charms and stickers to crystals and tiny designer purses. While some accessories are for necessity, others are for personalization.

Bonnie Fuller, editor of Star magazine, is making star money. Fuller, who oversees the glossy celebrity weekly and other magazines as executive vice president and editorial director of American Media, has renewed her contract for three years, according to a document filed Tuesday to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the publishing company.

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon has sued the Star magazine, alleging the tabloid ran a false story saying she is pregnant with her third child. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Superior Court claims the story that ran in the magazine's June 26 edition falsely stated that she didn't want producers of two of her upcoming movies to know she was expecting. The story also suggested Witherspoon, 30, was wearing maternity clothing, according to the lawsuit.

Edward J. Yates, who directed American Bandstand for 17 years, from a fledgling local TV show to a national institution that made Dick Clark a star, has died at age 87. He died Friday at Fair Oaks nursing home in Media, where he had been for two months, Donohue Funeral Home said in a statement.He died Friday at Fair Oaks nursing home in Media, where he had been for two months, Donohue Funeral Home said in a statement.

A new study suggests that people preparing for surgery ask their doctor: "Have you played your video games today?" Surgeons who warmed up by playing video games like Super Monkey Ball for 20 minutes immediately prior to performing surgical drills were faster and made fewer errors than those who did not.

The University of North Dakota says it now has the backing of both Sioux tribes in the state to continue using its "Fighting Sioux" nickname. The chairman of one of the tribes disputes that. UND's announcement Thursday came one day before the NCAA was expected to rule on the school's appeal to continue using the Sioux nickname in postseason play.